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Japanese Thistle

Cirsium japonicum Fisch. ex DC.

Chih-Yi Chang, Hsy-Yu Tzeng, Yen-Hsueh Tseng   cc-by-3.0

Cirsium japonicum (Japanese Thistle) is a species of herb in the family Asteraceae. They have achenes. Flowers are visited by Betasyrphus serarius, Bombus sonani, High brown fritillary, and Nonarthra cyanea.

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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030107
  • Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Japanese thistle. View this species on GBIF